The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-07-01

CAPTAIN JOHN POITEVENT.
Capt. PoiEevent representing tn,
firm. met his guests at the depO.
and invited them TO enter the coach
The train sped past Slidell and the
other minor stations aud reached
West Pearl Station as had been
expected.
Several Years ago Poiteveut &
Favre constructed u railroad ex.
tending from this station
TO FLORANvILLE,
IN the Interior, a distance Of about
seven miles. The object of the road
was to transport the timber out 10
the piney woods to Pearl river 10
order 10 supply the mills at Pearl
ingrOu. The whole extent of cOun-
try lying between the Pearl river
and the Abita springs belongs to
Polrpyeut & Fdvrp. The happy
idea OF pxteudingthr road to Abtta
was originated by the firm some
time ago aud the work was begun
Immediately. The distance from
FlOUauyIlIe to Abira is sixtr Ell
miles. and it is this portion Of the
road which has Just been completed.
The road was intended solely for
the carry ing of logs, but npon the
purchase of the AbTta springs by
the firm, Ir was decided TO open the
road 10 passengers too. The new
railroad Is Known a. the Poiteyent
& FavFe
EAST LOUISIANA RAILROAD.
IL Is laid through the most vaIua
bic ptue lands ia the South. IL Is
Of standard guaigr, steel rails, we'll
balldSrpd with sand aud gravel.
Several spurs or branch roads run
into the thickest parts OF the wood
and by these means timber is
brought 10 the main road. The
grades are all we'll looked after and
are advantaGeOusiy located. The
road is tWenty-Oue miles long aud
IL almost due east aud west. Capt.
P0iteveny often refers 20 the road
the Little Sunset The rolling
stock for the road IS all that is re-
quired. The firm owns four lOcnmO-
two Baldwin engines of 20
tons, and TWO B. X. Porter engines
Of Is tUus, nine elegant aud comfort
able passenger coackes, aud are
we'll supplied with log trunks, fat
aud box cars. Tue capacity ct the
passenger Coaches is estimated at
500 perSOus a day. OF late two
regular
LOG TRAINS
have been hauling over $50 trees a
the trains making three and
trips. The proceeding showing
how rhe trees reach the saw mills
be briefly related. The trees
are cut at THE base close to tue root
aud sawed of as near the top as
possible. These large logs are hanled
the woods by oxen and depOs
tied on numerous spacious plat
thar have been erected along
The road. The platforms are slight
Iy inclined and the logs are easily
on 70 the trunk edrs which
their freight. The train then
moves rapidly f0fbe banks OF Pearl
river at Vest Pearl Station, where
he logs are rolled over aH incline
into the stream. the current of
which carries them 10 the mills at
Pennington a distance of 40 miles.
). r. POItevrnt is the super
.ntendent Of the new road aud Mr.
r. Franklin, the agent at Flo
ranville. IL il understood that the
road is 10 be extended as tar a.
a distance OF three
from Abifa-
The exeursioBists yesterday pass
oil oveI the road aud we're Hnani-
nous in the statement that a more
pleasant trip could not be made.
Oue breathss the pine and profits
By il. One looks upon the majestic
'rees and wonders az the grandeur
lf the Southern piuey woods.
ABTTA SPRINGS
we're soon reached. The party Of
gentlemen left the train and walked
-rnm spring to spring aud drank Of
heir EaterA There Vas the Abita
proper, fbe Howard and
he Labatt springs All have dit
erent properties, bot all are health {,
IestOring. I
The entrrprising lumbermeu
q favue, a capitalist
ron the North, Mr.. BreckiuridQp. /